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Detroit overran the Minnesota offense with a relentless blitz, putting immense pressure on Darnold. In all, a whopping 21 of his pass attempts came when he was facing a blitz. That’s a staggering amount. There was only one other game this season he had double-digit pass attempts while being blitzed, and that was also against the Lions, and also a loss, back in Week 7, when he threw 10 passes while being blitzed in a 31-29 defeat.
As one might expect, Darnold was out of sorts when facing extra pass rushers, missing a wide open Jefferson in the end zone at one point and producing a well-thrown percentage of just 52.4 on his 21 throws when blitzed. On his other passes, he threw a well-thrown ball 82.4% of the time.
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